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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






2. Renowned for paintings and prints






3. Where the revolving door was fully developed






4. Application of potassium sulphide






5. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






6. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






7. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






8. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






9. Known for his glass sculpture






10. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






11. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






12. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






13. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






14. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






15. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






16. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






17. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






18. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






19. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






20. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






21. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






22. Technique of shading using dots to control value






23. Creates blue dye






24. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






25. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






26. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






27. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






28. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






29. The amount of light reflected by a hue






30. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






31. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






32. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






33. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






34. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






35. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






36. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






37. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






38. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






39. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






40. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






41. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






42. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






43. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






44. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






45. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






46. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






47. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






48. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






49. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






50. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






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